The
abstract of title business is one of the most important lines of activity in
Redwood City, county seat of San Mateo County, and many of Redwood’s most
reputable residents are engaged in this work.Standing out among them is Clarence M. Doxsee, manager of the George H.
Rice Abstract Company, who has directed this pioneer firm for the last ten
years.

Mr.
Doxsee came to California from Iowa where he had considerable experience in
abstract work and since then he has been associated with the George H. Rice
Abstract Company.Under his competent
management this firm which was started forty years ago and which was the only
business of its kind in Redwood City for twenty-five years, has been able to
maintain its high rank and standard.Nearly every large tract of property in the County has been abstracted
by this firm.

Mr.
Doxsee is a close student of horticulture and is an authority on this
subject.Besides the abstract business
he has diversified interests throughout the county.

Clarence
M. Doxsee was born in Medina County, Ohio on July 30, 1861.He received his primary education in the
state of Iowa.Later he entered the
Iowa State College, graduating from that institution with the class of
’83.Mr. Doxsee was married to Mary H.
Ingham at Algona, Iowa, where he had a flourishing abstract business.Since his residence in Redwood City Mr.
Doxsee has been a member of the Congregational Church of that city.